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Political And Human Rights Situation In Turkey

EDM number 653 in 2016-17, proposed by Joan Ryan on 07/11/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Eastern Europe, Ethnic groups, Human rights, International politics and government, Middle East and Political parties.

That this House is gravely concerned by the arrest and imprisonment of Members of Parliament from the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP), including the HDP Co-Chairs Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yüksekdag, in Turkey on 4 November 2016; agrees with the statement from the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, that these arrests compromise parliamentary democracy in Turkey; notes that hundreds of other Kurdish members and officials from HDP and the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) have also been detained and imprisoned in recent months; further notes that since the attempted coup in Turkey in July 2016, President Erdogan and the Turkish government have imposed greater restrictions on the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press, as well as threatened the independence of the judiciary; believes that the current situation in Turkey is undermining democracy and the chances of resolving the Kurdish issue; urges the Turkish authorities to respect the rule of law and the fundamental rights of all of its citizens, including Kurds, Alevis and other minority groups; and calls on the Government and the Council of Europe to make representations to the Turkish government expressing serious concern at the imprisonment of the HDP MPs, the suspension of provisions within the European Convention on Human Rights and President Erdogan's support for the reintroduction of the death penalty.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Ryan07/11/2016Proposed
David Lammy07/11/2016TottenhamLabourSeconded
Stella Creasy07/11/2016WalthamstowLabourSeconded
Toby Perkins07/11/2016ChesterfieldLabourSeconded
Wes Streeting07/11/2016Ilford NorthLabourSeconded
Siobhain McDonagh07/11/2016Mitcham and MordenLabourSeconded
Conor McGinn07/11/2016St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Caroline Flint07/11/2016Don ValleyLabourSigned
Robert Flello07/11/2016Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Neil Coyle07/11/2016Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLabourSigned
Mark Durkan08/11/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Dennis Skinner08/11/2016BolsoverLabourSigned
Chris Stephens08/11/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon08/11/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Jonathan Edwards08/11/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Meale08/11/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Natalie McGarry08/11/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham08/11/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Helen Goodman14/11/2016Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Deidre Brock14/11/2016Edinburgh North and LeithScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins14/11/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Tommy Sheppard15/11/2016Edinburgh EastScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts15/11/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Alasdair McDonnell16/11/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Marie Rimmer16/11/2016St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Hilary Benn16/11/2016Leeds CentralLabourSigned
Phil Boswell17/11/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law18/11/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Jim Fitzpatrick21/11/2016Poplar and LimehouseLabourSigned
Roger Mullin22/11/2016Kirkcaldy and CowdenbeathScottish National PartySigned
Jim Dowd28/11/2016Lewisham West and PengeLabourSigned
Owen Thompson29/11/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Marion Fellows29/11/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond29/11/2016Signed
Angus MacNeil29/11/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry30/11/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
John Spellar30/11/2016WarleyLabourSigned
John Nicolson01/12/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown05/12/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Anne McLaughlin05/12/2016Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned
Caroline Lucas06/12/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Drew Hendry07/12/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins12/12/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Stewart Hosie12/12/2016Dundee EastScottish National PartySigned
Chris Bryant06/02/2017RhonddaLabourSigned

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